Get ready to spice up your life, dolls (sorry). Next year is the 30-year anniversary of the Spice Girls’ formation and there are rumours that all five of the band members are keen on making it mega with some exciting plans in the works.
Mel Brown, Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Mel Chisolm and yes, even Victoria Beckham, are believed to be working on something special for the milestone which is only fair considering the band’s tracks are still on high rotation. Just me? Whatever.
As we all know by now, Posh has seemingly been the hardest member to get on board for any type of reunion activity — she sat out of the Spice Girls renuion world tour in 2019.
But now even VB is teasing getting the band back together, and I have to say I like her style of doing it. Posh put a video of her singing the iconic Spice Girls tune ‘Say You’ll Be There’ to TikTok and it’s extreme lit-mum-at-karaoke areas. The near-tumble? The pointing? I love it and I relate.
Extra points to Daddy David Beckham for joining in on the performance like a supportive king.
But it’s the caption that’s the real kicker.
“Warming up the vocals in Miami! More to come!!” read the caption alongside a shoosh emoji.
I can’t see Posh bringing out more music — the reasons for which are up to you — so with all the hoo-ha around a Spice Girls reunion next year, I’m deciding to believe that she’s teasing exactly that.
What hoo-ha? Let me catch you up to speed.
Earlier this monthrumourss started circling that the five-piece band were considering the headline slot as Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage in 2024 alongside a Spice Girls documentary, according to The Sun.
“For the past few years the Spice Girls have still been operating day-to-day as a four but, for the first time in a long time, Victoria is now chipping in and happy to celebrate a landmark 30 years of girl power,” a source told The Sun.
“Their schedules are pretty manic so getting them all in one room at any one time is hard. But over the past six months there’s been more contact as a five than at any time since the 2012 Olympics,” the source continued.
The source claimed there would be no music from the iconic pop group which, to be honest, is bloody fine by me. If you’ve gone to a “reunion” concert only to be letdown by whatever comeback singles they’re trying to flog, you’ll understand why.
Victoria apparently only wants to perform live if it’s an “incredibly exciting one-off opportunity”, according to the source. Not going to lie, would be iconic. As iconic as her TikTok? Time will tell.
“The group have been in talks to headline Glastonbury and this would sit with Victoria’s ‘cool’ aesthetic,” the source said.
Mel C also planted the seed during her set at Glastonbury earlier this year.
“All of the Spice Girls would like to play Glasto, that is the truth,” she said.
“Like I said to the audience, doing a couple of Spice Girls songs, ‘A bit of a warm-up for next year?’”
Now I understand that the UK is pretty fucking far from Australia. You know what else I understand? My entire Instagram feed is people in Europe right now.
So if you’re planning to be insufferable on a Puglia beach in 2024 anyway, perhaps this is exciting news that you could actually attend. Say you’ll be there (sorry).
Besides, just to be able to watch the footage would tickle me enough — which brings me to another exciting project that’s rumoured to be in the works for the big 3-0.
“The girls have discussed a documentary which would show never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage plus present-day interviews,” the source told The Sun, with streaming serviced Netflix and Apple TV apparently already keen to snap up the rights.
Rumours are exactly that but as a 90s baby I would absolutely be down for any and all of this.
It’s too much! (Not sorry.)
Image: @victoriabeckham / TikTok, Tim Roney / Getty.
Chantelle Schmidt is a freelance writer. You can follow her on Instagram or TikTok.
